2005 Wyndham Championship prize money
K.J. Choi won the 2005 Wyndham Championship on 2 October 2005 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 37 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,700 Hunter Mahan collected for finishing 73.
Every cheque at the 2005 Wyndham Championship
2 October 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -22 | 266 | $900,000 |
| T3 | Jason Bohn | USA | -17 | 271 | $260,000 |
| T6 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -15 | 273 | $156,500 |
| T6 | Justin Rose | ENG | -15 | 273 | $156,500 |
| T6 | Tim Herron | USA | -15 | 273 | $156,500 |
| T11 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -14 | 274 | $120,000 |
| T13 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -13 | 275 | $93,750 |
| T13 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | -13 | 275 | $93,750 |
| T13 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -13 | 275 | $93,750 |
| T17 | Olin Browne | USA | -12 | 276 | $72,500 |
| T21 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -11 | 277 | $48,357 |
| T21 | Chris Smith | USA | -11 | 277 | $48,357 |
| T21 | D.A. Points | USA | -11 | 277 | $48,357 |
| T21 | J.J. Henry | USA | -11 | 277 | $48,357 |
| T21 | Lucas Glover | USA | -11 | 277 | $48,357 |
| T28 | John Rollins | USA | -10 | 278 | $33,250 |
| T28 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -10 | 278 | $33,250 |
| T28 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -10 | 278 | $33,250 |
| T34 | Brian Gay | USA | -9 | 279 | $24,714 |
| T34 | Charles Howell III | USA | -9 | 279 | $24,714 |
| T34 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -9 | 279 | $24,714 |
| T34 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -9 | 279 | $24,714 |
| T34 | Ryan Moore | USA | -9 | 279 | $24,714 |
| T41 | Steve Allan | AUS | -8 | 280 | $19,000 |
| T45 | Chad Campbell | USA | -7 | 281 | $14,300 |
| T45 | James Driscoll | USA | -7 | 281 | $14,300 |
| T45 | Mark Wilson | USA | -7 | 281 | $14,300 |
| T45 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -7 | 281 | $14,300 |
| T45 | Tag Ridings | USA | -7 | 281 | $14,300 |
| T51 | Charlie Wi | KOR | -6 | 282 | $11,840 |
| T51 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -6 | 282 | $11,840 |
| T56 | Heath Slocum | USA | -5 | 283 | $11,200 |
| T64 | Adam Scott | AUS | -3 | 285 | $10,450 |
| T64 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -3 | 285 | $10,450 |
| T64 | Tom Lehman | USA | -3 | 285 | $10,450 |
| T68 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -2 | 286 | $10,000 |
| 73 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -1 | 287 | $9,700 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,345,035 between them, against $399,750 shared by the other 22 players paid.
The 37 cheques above come to $2,744,785 between them. We hold 53 players for the week in all, so sixteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Wyndham Championship years
29 editions, 1997 to 2026
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Davis Love III. The Wyndham Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2005 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2005 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2005 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Funk.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2005 Wyndham Championship?
K.J. Choi, on 2 October 2005. The win paid $900,000.
How much did the 2005 Wyndham Championship pay out?
The 37 cheques on this page come to $2,744,785 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $9,700.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 Wyndham Championship?
$9,700, which Hunter Mahan collected for finishing 73.
How many players were paid at the 2005 Wyndham Championship?
37. We hold 53 players for that week in all, so sixteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.